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The UK Defence Investment Plan is nine months late amid a funding debacle that has seen multiple government officials resign in protest.

Nothing lasts forever. Even headstones, which, for most of us, will be our lasting impression on Earth. Over time, they get discolored and work down by rain and sleet and whatever else mother nature can throw at it. Anyone who’s ever tried to visit an old grave can tell you that the wear and tear of time combined with cemetery record-keeping can leave some graves just… lost.

Representatives from the United States and Iran will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, to end the conflict that has been ongoing for several months.

The MoU lays out a 60-day window for further negotiating Iran’s nuclear program, ensuring the Strait of Hormuz remains open, and ensuring the conflict doesn’t restart.

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump work the rope line at the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Earlier this month, Nick Ricigliano finally came face to face with a fugitive he’d been tracking since 2019 and whom the Army had been after for nearly 30 years.
“I was a bit taken aback by how much he had aged and how unhealthy he appeared,” Ricigliano, an Army veteran and long-time U.S. Marshal, told Task & Purpose. “I suppose 30 years of waiting for that knock on the door had taken a physical as well as mental toll.”  
The fugitive that Ricigliano finally got to meet was former Staff Sgt. Jesse Bussey, an “Army Most Wanted Fugitive.

Did President Donald Trump cave in to Iranian demands to make his deal on the Memorandum of Understanding a reality?

The devil is in the details, as the real negotiations will officially begin once the MOU is signed on Friday.

B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber USAF Image.

It seems that the critics have come out in force, especially on Capitol Hill, where legislators are starving for more information about the agreement with Iran.

What If Israel Plays the Spoiler?
Trump may be concealing the MOU’s inner workings because he is not sure the agreement can be followed to meet his objectives.

Warsaw, Poland – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has long been one of the most loyal and dependable allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Therefore, it was not much of a surprise that two Belarusian citizens were arrested this Monday after one of the former KGB Lt. Col.’s most vocal critics was shot dead here in Poland in the city of Biala Podlaska.

In what has been interpreted as the fear that the event could be targeted by Ukraine’s famous Flamingo FP-5 missiles, Russia’s Defense Ministry (MoD) is not planning to hold its main naval parade in St. Petersburg this year.

Fontanka, a news outlet based in Russia’s second city, reported the news on Tuesday, which it said came from an unnamed MoD source.

Yasen-Class Submarine Russian Navy. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The parade has been held in St.

According to intelligence assessments by more than one Western ally, Iran has rebuilt much of its pre-war arsenal of missiles with the help of a friend in Europe, and is believed to possess about 75 percent of the missiles it had before the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, the joint Israeli-American campaign that marked the start of hostilities between the three countries.

Tehran’s reconstituted missile stocks are thought to have been aided by missiles produced in Russia.

Tomahawk Block IV Missile. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

A Tu-22M3 strategic bomber of the Russian Strategic Forces crashed recently due to likely engine failure. “Fell like a brick”.
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From Monday night and on into Tuesday morning, dozens of Ukrainian long-range drones struck Moscow in what has been one of the largest attacks of the almost four-and-a-half-year war.

The strikes are confirmed to have seriously damaged a major oil refinery and have also prompted flight restrictions that disrupted air travel at all four of the Russian capital’s international airports.

Putin with a Rifle. Image Credit: Russian State Media.

“Over the past 24 hours, an attack by enemy drones on Moscow has continued.